Google has pulled the popular Grooveshark music app from the Android Market, following accusations from the record labels that the service facilitates piracy.
When asked for comment, Google only said that it “removes apps from Android Market that violate [its] terms of service.”
Apple removed the app from the iOS store last August after it received a complaint from the Universal Music Group.
Google is currently in the midst of speaking before the House Judiciary Committee, which is investigating whether the search giant aids piracy by offering AdSense to all sites, including those that offer pirated movies, music and more.
Grooveshark hosts over 6 million tracks.
Result for: piracy
Last week we reported that the group “Anonymous” had taken down multiple websites relating to anti-piracy firms, starting with the MPAA and AiPlex Software and then taking down the RIAA.
Dubbed “Operation Payback,” the protest revolves around DDoS attacks on the firm’s main sites.
Following on from the other DDoS attacks, another wave has hit anti-piracy sites, this time taking down AFACT, the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft.
AFACT adds that a large number of sites hosted by their host (Negregistry), have been attacked as well.
8000 sites to be exact. “A lot of these sites are small Australian businesses and Government web sites,” says Negregistry. “They have been affected by this senseless act.”
With that, Operation Payback continues.
Result for: piracy
Since Friday night, the group “Anonymous” has taken down multiple websites relating to anti-piracy firms, starting with the MPAA and AiPlex Software and taking down the RIAA just a few hours ago.
Dubbed “Operation Payback,” the protest revolves around DDoS attacks on the firm’s main sites, located at MPAA.com, MPAA.org, RIAA.com and Aiplex.com.
As of writing, all the sites listed except for MPAA.org are still down.
While the RIAA and MPAA are well known, AiPlex was not until recently when they announced they had been hired by the movie studios to take down The Pirate Bay, the world’s largest public tracker.
According to tweets and other notes from the group, it appears the BPI may be the next target for the DDoS attack.
